The respiratory consequences of COVID-19 lasted for a median of 4 months in a cohort of children aged 2-18 years of age
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00064165%3A_____%2F22%3A10440020" target="_blank" >RIV/00064165:_____/22:10440020 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00064203:_____/22:10440020 RIV/00216208:11110/22:10440020 RIV/00216208:11130/22:10440020 RIV/00064190:_____/22:N0000030
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=RwFoLH7T.M" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=RwFoLH7T.M</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.16297" target="_blank" >10.1111/apa.16297</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The respiratory consequences of COVID-19 lasted for a median of 4 months in a cohort of children aged 2-18 years of age
Original language description
AIM: We focused on the clinical picture, severity and prognosis of children who experienced long-term respiratory issues after COVID-19. METHODS: This was a national Czech multicentre study of paediatric post-COVID syndrome, which used a standard protocol to evaluate structural and functional anomalies and exclude alternative diagnoses. From 6 January to 30 June 2021, 11 paediatric pulmonologists enrolled all paediatric referrals aged 2-18 years with persistent respiratory symptoms more than 12 weeks after COVID-19, namely cough, dyspnoea and chest pain. Medical histories were taken and physical examinations, lung function testing, chest X-ray and blood tests were performed. RESULTS: The dominant symptoms in the 39 children (56.4% girls) were exertional dyspnoea (76.9%) and a chronic cough (48.7%), while dyspnoea at rest (30.8%) and chest pain (17.9%) were less prevalent. More than half (53.8%) reported more than 1 symptom and 38.5% had abnormal results for 1 of the following tests: lung function, chest X-ray or D-dimers. The median age of the children was 13.5 years (interquartile range +-4.8 years) and the median recovery time was 4 months (range 1.5-8 months). CONCLUSION: Our initial data suggest that the long-term respiratory impact of COVID-19 was relatively mild in our cohort, with a favourable prognosis.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30209 - Paediatrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Acta Paediatrica
ISSN
0803-5253
e-ISSN
1651-2227
Volume of the periodical
111
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
1201-1206
UT code for WoS article
000760335300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85125132176